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liam13490

liam13490

liam13490

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Hi all, looking to build a new gaming rig for max £900, not keen on building myself due to never overclocking before so possible bundle? Already have PSU, windows, and a gtx 670 windforce , what would you experts think I should do ?
 
liam13490 said:
Hi all, looking to build a new gaming rig for max £900, not keen on building myself due to never overclocking before so possible bundle? Already have PSU, windows, and a gtx 670 windforce , what would you experts think I should do ?
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you do not need to know about overclocking to build a pc lolz
what psu do you have?
do you have a case?
do you have a monitor keyboard and mouse?
 
 
An i7 will give a bit better performance in games, and the gap is likely to grow as games continue to make better use of multiple threads. As you can fit it into the budget, I say go for it.
 
I prefer the green :P

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Spectra M5" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Haswell Micro ATX Gaming Bundle £589.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
Total : £877.43 (includes shipping : £11.25).



I would suspect that even with no knowledge at all it would be easy to push this bundle up to 4.4 - 4.5 by just increasing the multiplier (which is just one number). Mine comes in slightly higher than Fulax's without the HDD, but mine comes with a slightly better, bigger SSD :)

The other option is that maybe you dont get the large case and you can get a pretty nice looking 350D (with window)

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Spectra M5" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Haswell Micro ATX Gaming Bundle £589.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £63.95
Total : £913.44 (includes shipping : £17.10).



just my thoughts :)
 
The Only Beardy said:
I would suspect that even with no knowledge at all it would be easy to push this bundle up to 4.4 - 4.5 by just increasing the multiplier (which is just one number). Mine comes in slightly higher than Fulax's without the HDD, but mine comes with a slightly better, bigger SSD :)
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Call me cynical, but I always assumed that these 4.2ghz overclock bundles got the rubbish chips that can make it that far and no further.

The M5 would look a bit lost in the 540 - my specific yet severe form of OCD (which applies only to the aesthitics of computer hardware configurations) wouldn't stand for it. The 350D, on the other hand, would be good.
 
I am not sure about the Haswell chips, but my 3570K hit 4.5Ghz without even blinking... surely something similar must be achievable with any 4770K?

To be honest I would agree with the MATX in the 540... thats why i also posted the 350D (which i think is a very good looking, very functional case).
 
An average Haswell chip will hit 4.4-4.6, but there are always below-average ones that won't get that far. Luck of the draw. It just doesn't make much sense to me for a retailer to sell a bundle with a CPU they know they can overclock to, say, 4.4ghz for the price of a 4.2ghz bundle instead of advertising it as a 4.4ghz bundle.

Besides, if the OP would be willing to overclock a pre-overclocked bundle further, he might as well save a bit of money and buy the components separately.
 
Coming from somebody who has both purchased a bundle and built/clocked from scratch, I would say 100% do it yourself. This forum has, by far, the most helpful group of members and you'll really appreciate a system that you've built yourself, as well as learning something new.

The only downside to this is that you'll never be able to just USE your computer for any notable length of time again, the upgrade/overclock rabbit hole is a very deep one indeed.
 
yer thats a fair shout, the OC process for these new chips is not hard at all... like 2/3 settings most if i remember correctly...

but if personal OCing is a no go... then i would suggest either of our builds is a good shout, the only thing i will say is that if you do game then 120gb SSD can run out quite quickly (this is just speaking from experience). I had to upgrade mine from 120 - 250 after just a year. Games can be quite big!
 
Thanks for all the responses guys, I already have an I7 920 that I thought was playing up but was my ssd in the end.
My specs are i7 920 at 3.6ghz, 6GB Ram, Gigabyte x58-ud5.
Should i keep this and put the money upgrading other stuff or still new build?
 
The 920 is still very capable; I wouldn't personally bother upgrading to Haswell. Spend a bit on a new GPU and maybe a new PSU. Then upgrade your CPU/motherboard/RAM when Intel's next generation is released.

What is your current PSU?

And you could still get the 540, of course.
 
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